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Show WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1652 The Dragerton Tribune. Dragerton, Utah THE READER'S DATE BOOK mu: 1 Some Promotion Ideas Could Be Fun for the Patient Housewife ' .. O Here's a i Street promotion that should bo a lot of fun for the housewife, especially if hubby is the kind of fellow who. belittles his. wifes kitchen activities. Eyen if he is one of those men who does not stand, in awe of the frying pan, it still should be good, fun. , man of the With the idea of transforming the kitchen-helple- ss Association of house into an efficient emergency cook, the National past eight years, that 46 per cent. are over 30 ' years old. O Thus new homesmay need many modern gadgets 1 .uand old ones should need, not only ion of structure itself. Here is big potential market for most all firms doing business on Main Street. Best of all, these farm owners and home owners have -- - A that -- ORDERED TO SAVE . . Superior Judge Frank Swain, Hollywood, ordered actress Diane Cassidy to invest 10 per cent of her salary in savings bonds after she argued she was having difficulty living on $200 per week and paying back debts from her income. er self-disciplin- e, 3) - O Above seasonal Increases in prices of fresh fruits and vegetables were responsible for 1 per cent increase in food prices at end of Nov. 15 period, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Despite drops in meat prices and some other foods, advance of 9.6 per cent in fresh fruit3 and vegetables brought about 1 per cent raise. General retail prices of goods apdserv-icesf- or moderate income families showed a 0.6 per cent increase for same period, chiefly responsible was average increase of 1.1 per cent in miscellaneous goods and services. Fractional increases were noted 'for residential rents, house furnishings and food3 with a decrease in apparel and meats. O Census reports show most retail firms in good shape, but if located in Southwest, along Pacific coast, Florida, Michigan or Connecticut, business should be tops. Any population Increase up to 10 per cent is about average for country, but Pacific coast is up 48 per cent with California 52 per cent, Oregon 39 per cent and Washington pr 49 36 Arizona, GRADE . . ; Jockey Charlie Burr rode his 300th winner MAKES at Tropical Park, Four No aboard Fla., recently of the race Trump in the eighth day. He became the seventh jockey to ride 300 winners in one year. of 1951 recently Mexico 27 cent. Florida is up 45 per cent, per cent, Texas 20 per cent and New per cent; Michigan population is up 20 . New York per cent and Connecticut 17 is below the national average, nearly 10 per cent while Washington, or the District of Columbia is up 50 per cent.N O Steel scrap drive is bogging down. Farmers and grass roots folk have not yet been told why scrap drive is necessary. Many believe they are doing big steel a favor in obtaining scrap for them. Fact remains unless we drag in some tons of scrap this year, steel companies will be unable to turn out armament. Both steel companies and NPA or DPA have been remiss in not publicising through gras 3 roots press vital need of scrap drive. O Agriculture department has taken anothe per-cent- 38,-000,- 000 well-brown- ed 17-2- money. state . National Thrift at modern-gadgetsbutmoderniz- RetailGrocershasdesignatecLSunday,January27lasNational reached thousands of individuals with specific help in budgeting, spe cific materials for school and youth "confidence in"" the organizations, industries and other culinary deparV civic groups, ment. NARGUS BuiJhe committee's main objecplans to make this tive is to teach thrift to the nation an annual event, as a whole, to get the nation living with the objective within its means. This can be aclocal mer- complished only with thrift in the chants tie in with home and local community. the promotion "Thrift in the minds of most We shouldnt assume that the people means merely saving housewife can be in the kitchen money," If W. Townsend, nafor three sure meals a day, 52 tional economist, said recently. weeks a year said Mrs. R. M. However, the word carries an of Kiefer, secretary-managinfinitely broader connotation. NARGUS. The man who can "Thrift Is living within our means, sling a handy skillet Is never at consuming less than we produce, a disadvantage when his wife building character by makes a trip home to mother, making provision for our own deto with an attack her bed takes clining years and the ..continuing of migraine or has a night cut comfort of those we leave behind with her bridge club. when we pass on. Money is a means to all these ends, but is not the end itself. These ends are found in the purchase oi a home paid for out of subsequent earnings, the buying of life insurance to provide an estate at once in case we die, giving our children the. higher education which should increase their earning capacity and going into business for ourselves with capitol we have accumulated. These are examples of thrift, and all these applications of the word have contributed to the growth and prosperity of our nation. The fate of the nation depends upon whether we live with--: in our means or beyond our A pamphlet entitled "What Every means. Individually or colleo-tivel- y, Man Should Know About Cooking' Townsend concluded. National Thrift Week will be pubpublished by NARGUS, is being distributed free of charge by the asso- licized in home town papers and ciation's headquarters office at 360 national magazines. It is a good N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 1, time to begin the lesson of thrift Illinois. in the home. Mrs. Kiefer proposes that the housewife take time out to help her husband learn some simple, 'tasty New Jersey Group dishes. Among the things she sug- Seeks Old Glasses gests he learn about cooking are In 1933, when the late Mrs. ArthuT how to bro a chop, fix a juicy, E. Terry was working in a Red hamburger, or add a little food station in New York City, Cross flourish to canned stew. noticed that many people could she On National Husbana ii the not sign their names because they NARGUS sugKitchen Day could not see. They codld not see gests that the husband be given because they needed eyeglasses, and could not afford to buy them. She discovered that there was no service which would supply eyeglasses to these people, and thus set up hei own project to take care of this need. . After first begging from hei friends for their discarded eyeglasses, and then appealing through newspaper articles, magazines, and the radio, the packages began coming into Short Hills to the Eyeglass from every state in the Lady union, and from several foreign countries as welL Her idea was tc turn discards into something useful In the years since 1933, her idea has ' developed into a full charge of the kitchen, even smoothly running system. It is - to the this: eyeglasses from those who cleaning np job. Boy, how he is going to like that! no longer need them are put to ' However, It is emphasized, that proper use, and thus supply new when his wife is In regular control glasses and , artificial eyes for thousands of people each year. of the situation, the husband should woman kitchen. "No the of Up to 1951, more than 62,009 peoout keep - wants a 'straw boss' standing around ple had been helped. Distribution of new glasses and Mrs. . while she's preparing meals,'! artificial eyes is as uncomplicated Kiefer said. by red tape as possible. The need for optical scrap is Week greater now than ever, as the demands upon New Eyes for the Set forJanuaryJ7-2- 3 Needy 'is ever "Increasing. Please The National Thrift Committee, help by sending your old eyeglasses the sponsor of National Thrift Week and gold and silver scrap to New has been working Eyes for the Needy, Inc., Short (January' field of thrift Hills, New Jersey. the' for 35 years In (Released by WNV Featirea.) education. Their program has- merchants on Main The Bureau of the Census reports that 60 per cent of homes on farms are owned by occupants, that 21 per cent of these are new homes, built-i- n The, National Association of Retail Grocers has come up with a Husband in the Kitchen Day. On this last Sunday in January. NARGUS is suggesting that the husband take over the cooking duties in order to gain experience and tip for retail its corn crop prediction it will be much lower than anticipated. This means shorter pig crop than anticipated and probably higher price of pork and consequently other meats later on in ' reef in 1952. MYSTERY MAN . . . Henry Grune-wal- d mops face after refusing to testify at open tax scandal hearing in Washington that he had demanded. The special a contempt action him. against sub-committ- ee Pr.Mrci by the WaahlafUa Bareaa .f WNU Peat ere. m J CQUESTIONIBO reo-ommend-ed Vw (Send yottr questions about the armed forces or any aspect of military service to: Walter Sbead, Armed Services Question Boss, 1057 National Press Building, Washington 4; D.C. Answers will be given in this column.) surrendered my permanent National Service Life Insurance policy for cash when I went on active duty recently. I am about to be discharged, and I would like to know bow to, get my policy back. D.LS Simpson, Q. 1 rendered permanent plan by paying the required reserve and the current months premium. Your nearest VA office can give you further " details. Q. I have a term NSll policy on which the premiums were waived during my military duty. What do I do to keep It in force after I am released from service? JJM.C H Dalton, Ky. A You should resume payments of the required premiums to the VA, in Washington, D.C.. within 12Q days" after your release from active duty. A. You have two courses of acYou should make the first payment tion, but in either case you must act as soon as possible. within 120 days of your separation Q. May the flag which drapes from active service: (1) You may the casket of a deceased veteran apply- - toVAJnWashingtonr D.C, be given to a friend of tht veter-a- n VOTES AGAINST SELF . . . for a new permanent policy of the after t b e burial services? in not and excess same of the L.K.B President Andres plan Dr. Uruguay Waterville, Ohio. Trueba casts ballot In election to amount of the surrendered policy, A. No, the flag must go to the abolish presidency and substitute and pay the required premium, or next of kin. for it a nine-ma-n council. The con- (2) you may reinstate your sur- (Released by WNU Feel, res.) stitutional change was approved by a majority of about 29,000 votes. r Minn. , , |